Lora, a Beatricean Image in the Albanian Poetry

Abstract

Frederik Rreshpja - an exceptionally impressive poet – is considered as one of the Albanian contemporary poetry modelers. As part of the avant-garde poets of the seventies, after suffering a seventeen years political imprisonment, in 1991 he comes renewed and strong in the elite spectrum of the Albanian poetry and becomes a reference point for the new poetry. The author plays a substantial role in shaping the esthetic and fragile conscience of the new generation. This modest work is aimed at providing the authentic experience of Rreshpja in constructing a lyrical image of the adored female model. It must be noted that, coming from Dukagjin – an entirely epic and mountainous region of Albania – the poet is also in an epic mood. A great part of his lyrical poetry lexicon is also epic. In his region of origin, women have always been painted in sacred colors that even Reshpja has inherited: he portrays an idealized woman bearing amplified qualities. The poet’s behavior is that of a real knight with strong medieval reminiscences and ancient redolence. In the poet’s opinion, women are a very delicate issue to be dealt with…

DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2013.v3n7p472